South Windsor Community Women's Club Spreads Goodwill

Community Contributor laporcello

The South Windsor Community Women's Club, formerly the South Windsor Junior Women's Club, is off to a busy start this year. This highly respected organization is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization comprised of women from many different backgrounds who dedicate their time and talents in a common interest for the betterment of the community in the areas of education, health, conservation and the arts. Their activities are directed toward philanthropic outreach in South Windsor, local communities and at the state level. The club meets on the third Tuesday of every month at 7pm in the Buckland Room at the Village at Buckland Court, 432 Buckland Road, South Windsor. All women over age 18 are welcome. This coming year, the SWCWC will be working on many projects. One which will make a difference in the community of Dame Marie in Haiti is making washable feminine care liners for the young teens and young women of Haiti, who often miss school due to lack of feminine care products. The Medical Aid to Haiti (MATH) mission group out of St. Francis Hospital will deliver these goods on their frequent visits to Dame Marie. Tracing, cutting and sewing for these feminine care products is all done in a social gathering setting among the SWCWC members. In addition to making these flannel absorbent liners, the group gathered and made care packages for their older teens away at college. Hand in hand, something charitable and something fun, these women get the work done.A new event that will take place this year is a NYC bus trip scheduled for Saturday, December 5th. The cost is $38 for the bus trip The bus will leave at 7am from the Geissler's Plaza in South Windsor and return back to South Windsor at approximately 8:30pm. Please contact Teri Dickey-Gaignat at (860)644-3869 for more information. Other activities that the SWCWC sponsors throughout the year are a monthly Book Club, Thanksgiving baskets for needy community families, Soup Kitchen volunteers, Dollars for Scholars Scholarships, Relay for Life, youth basketball team sponsorship, and a South Windsor Summer Concert sponsorship. Funds raised each year, through their Kids' Fair on Good Friday at SW High School and other fundraisers, are disbursed throughout the community through their standing donation nominations. If you think you might like to give back to your community and join this fun, hardworking group of charitable women, consider attending our next meeting on Tuesday, November 17th at 7pm in the Buckland Room at the Village at Buckland Court, 432 Buckland Road, South Windsor. If you would like more membership information, contact Lynn Nochisaki at (860) 290-8226 or visit our website www.southwindsorcwc.org

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